靠 (kào) means Depend upon (lean upon - support). Below are 24 of the 37 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 靠 在墙上休息。
Tā kào zài qiáng shàng xiūxi.
He leaned against the wall to rest.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 靠
成功要 靠 自己努力。
Chénggōng yào kào zìjǐ nǔlì.
Success depends on your own effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 靠
学习不能 靠 强制。
Xuéxí bù néng kào qiángzhì.
Learning cannot rely on compulsion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 强制
小船慢慢 靠 近了岸。
Xiǎo chuán mànmàn kàojìn le àn.
The little boat slowly drew near the shore.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 岸
船终于 靠 上了陆地。
Chuán zhōngyú kào shàng le lùdì.
The boat finally reached land.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 陆地
成功不能只 靠 运气。
Chénggōng bù néng zhǐ kào yùnqi.
Success cannot rely on luck alone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 运气
请大家向中间 靠 拢。
Qǐng dàjiā xiàng zhōngjiān kàolǒng.
Please everyone close up towards the middle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 靠拢
船已经 靠 上了码头。
Chuán yǐjīng kào shàng le mǎtou.
The ship has already come alongside the wharf.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 码头
他从小就依 靠 自己。
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù yīkào zìjǐ.
He has relied on himself since childhood.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 依靠
两船慢慢 靠 拢在一起。
Liǎng chuán mànmàn kàolǒng zài yìqǐ.
The two boats slowly drew together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 靠拢
他疲惫地 靠 在椅子上。
Tā píbèi de kào zài yǐzi shang.
He leaned back in the chair, exhausted.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 疲惫
威望是 靠 多年积累的。
Wēiwàng shì kào duō nián jīlěi de.
Prestige is built up over many years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威望
他 靠 打零工维持生活。
Tā kào dǎ línggōng wéichí shēnghuó.
He supports himself with odd jobs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 维持
他 靠 毅力坚持了下来。
Tā kào yìlì jiānchí le xiàlái.
He held on through sheer willpower.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毅力
他从不想 靠 别人沾光。
Tā cóng bù xiǎng kào biéren zhān guāng.
He never wants to get ahead on someone else's coat-tails.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沾光
靠 运气发财是 靠 不住的。
Kào yùnqi fā cái shì kào bu zhù de.
Getting rich by luck is not something to count on.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发财
教育孩子不能只 靠 棍棒。
Jiàoyù háizi bù néng zhǐ kào gùnbàng.
Children cannot be brought up by the rod alone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 棍棒
光 靠 空想解决不了问题。
Guāng kào kōngxiǎng jiějué bu liǎo wèntí.
Daydreaming alone will not solve the problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 空想
他们 靠 拼搏赢得了比赛。
Tāmen kào pīnbó yíngdé le bǐsài.
They won the match by sheer fight.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拼搏
最终还是要 靠 实力说话。
Zuìzhōng háishi yào kào shílì shuōhuà.
In the end it is strength that speaks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 实力
靠 买彩票发财是不现实的。
Kào mǎi cǎipiào fācái shì bù xiànshí de.
Getting rich by buying lottery tickets is not realistic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 彩票
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From the travel phrasebook
靠 appears in 37 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 靠
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Questions about 靠
How is 靠 used in a sentence?
This page shows 37 sentences using 靠 (kào, "Depend upon (lean upon - support)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 靠 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 靠 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 靠 an HSK word?
Yes — 靠 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 靠?
The dictionary page for 靠 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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